Is is funny that somebody is still trying to enforce this trademark. I've registered domain with bitcoin in name two days ago and domain registrator was not able to register it automatically and they explicitely asked me for agree with this:

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TRADEMARK NOTICE

You have received this Trademark Notice because you have applied for a domain name which matches at least onetrademark record submitted to the Trademark Clearinghouse.

You may or may not be entitled to register the domain name depending on your intended use and whether it is the sameor significantly overlaps with the trademarks listed below. Your rights to register this domain name may or may not beprotected as noncommercial use or “fair use” by the laws of your country.

Please read the trademark information below carefully, including the trademarks, jurisdictions, and goods and servicefor which the trademarks are registered. Please be aware that not all jurisdictions review trademark applicationsclosely, so some of the trademark information below may exist in a national or regional registry which does notconduct a thorough or substantive review of trademark rights prior to registration.

If you have questions, you may want to consult an attorney or legal expert on trademarks and intellectual property forguidance.

If you continue with this registration, you represent that, you have received and you understand this notice and tothe best of your knowledge, your registration and use of the requested domain name will not infringe on the trademarkrights listed below.

I was little surrprised by this but when i saw the e-mail address of trademark holder I started to laugh and replied that I agree with this shit. Just hope that japanese part of it is not something sinister :-)

Well, I guess they'll have to sell it in bankruptcy. Let's hope a benevolent entity purchases it though.

Yes, could be a somewhat valuable asset to seize if they are liquidated.

In worst case, a trademark troll could buy this trademark and sue major bitcoin sites to pay license fee over using bitcoin. I doubt this will happen as bitcoin is generic by now, but you never now as the case of SSL shows:A patent troll bought the patent of SSL and has been suing hundreds of American companies over using SSL (HTTPS) and demanding them to pay heavy license fees, Newegg.com was the last victim.

Well, I guess they'll have to sell it in bankruptcy. Let's hope a benevolent entity purchases it though.

Yes, could be a somewhat valuable asset to seize if they are liquidated.

In worst case, a trademark troll could buy this trademark and sue major bitcoin sites to pay license fee over using bitcoin. I doubt this will happen as bitcoin is generic by now, but you never now as the case of SSL shows:A patent troll bought the patent of SSL and has been suing hundreds of American companies over using SSL (HTTPS) and demanding them to pay heavy license fees, Newegg.com was the last victim.

Well, I guess they'll have to sell it in bankruptcy. Let's hope a benevolent entity purchases it though.

Yes, could be a somewhat valuable asset to seize if they are liquidated.

In worst case, a trademark troll could buy this trademark and sue major bitcoin sites to pay license fee over using bitcoin. I doubt this will happen as bitcoin is generic by now, but you never now as the case of SSL shows:A patent troll bought the patent of SSL and has been suing hundreds of American companies over using SSL (HTTPS) and demanding them to pay heavy license fees, Newegg.com was the last victim.

The problem would probably not be for established vendors as much as it would be for new upcoming companies who would be targeted with the patent suits assuming they do not know anything about the law etc and decide to arrange an agreement with them.